jiti

jiti (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of jit (“Zimbabwean dance music”)

• ajiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a)
• agghiti (crasis with the singular feminine definite article a, determining gemination)
• gidi
• nciti
• aiti (Eye dialect)

From an unattested Vulgar Latin *blēta, from Latin bēta (from which it takes the feminine gender) by contamination of blitum (a kind of spinach) (from which it changed the original ⟨bl-⟩ into ⟨j-⟩). Compare Sicilian gidi, Italian bieta, Catalan bleda, French blette. The transition from bl- to j- in is typical in the south-eastern area of Sicily, compare also Sicilian jancu and jastimia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈji.t̪ɪ/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: ji‧ti

jiti f

1. Beta vulgaris; beet

• mpanata câ jiti
• mpanata dâ jiti